Lakin, Lawrence, Private, 205896, 6th Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West KentsFormerly:2706, Derby YeomanryPrivate, 251344, Westmorland & Cumberland YeomanryPrivate, 260688, 7th and 8th Battalion, Border RegimentBorn Melbourne, DerbyEnlisted DerbyKilled in action 7th September 1918, aged 21Son of Walter and Mary Ann Lakin, of Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derby
Originally buried at Map Reference: 57C.W.26.d.1.5., identified by his disc
Buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, Somme, France, Grave Reference: VIII H 9
1911 Census
A gardener's labourer
Son of Walter, a boot and shoe riveter, and Mary Ann Lakin, of Church Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne
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Melbourne, St. Michael With St. Mary's Church
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